The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-05-18
OF Interest to school officers.
OFFoE or SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,


: LITTLE Rock, ARK. May 10, 'S7.
To SCHOOL OFFICERS:
! Your attention is respectfully ca
ed to the following legislation, e
acted by the last General Assembl
making some material changes
the School Law, OF which you wi
take notice and govern yourselv,
accordingly. This circular is sci
out in advance Of the Acts, to guar
against mistakes in following IL
old law, which is changed by IL
following Acts:
That Section 6206 be and the san
is hereby so amended as to read {
follows:
SECTION |. Any person elected an
accepting the position Of Director {
a School District shall, within TIE
DAYS after having been notified {
his election, file his acceptance wit
his predecessor at the time in ofiic,
and take and subscribe before Ju.
tIce OF the Peace or other competen
officer the oath prescribed for officer
by the Constitution of this State
and shall file said oath in the offic
of the Clerk of the County Court i
which be resides, and ENTER at ONO
upon the discharge of his officia
duty.
Sec 2. That all laws or parts OF law
in conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed, and this act to take effec
and be in force from and after it
passage.
Approved April 4, 1887.
SECTION l. That Section 6232 b,
amended to read as follows: TIL,
County Court shall have power upor
the petition OF any person residing
in particular School District, t.
transfer the children or wards o
such person for educational purpos
es to AN adjoining District in tho
same County or to an adjoining Dis
trict in any adjoining County. { Pro
vlDED), That said petitioner shal
STATE under OATH that the transfer
is for school purposes ALONE, and
that the requisite NUMBER REMAIN in
the District now required by law,
and SHALL at ONCE notify the CoUN-
TY EXAMINER of the County or Coun.
ties, and the DIREcroRs of both Dis
tricts.
Sec. 2. That Section 6174, be
amended to read as follows:
No new School District shall be
formed having less than thirty five
persons of scholastic age residing
within the territory included In such
new District, and no District now
formed, shall by the formation Of a
new District or TRANSFER be reduced
to less than thirty five persons OF
scholastic age.
Sec 8. Section 6l75, be amended
to read as follows:
The County Court shall have the
right to form new School Districts
or change boundaries thereof upon a
petition of a MAJORITY of all the ELEc
TORS RESIDING upon the territory of
the DlsTRicTs to be DIVIDED; Pro
vlDED, Such territory have the req
uisite number of children or proper
ty to comply with the now existing
law in such case; PROVIDED, That
in the formation of new School Dis
tricts, that part of territory taken of
from the old District or Districts,
shall be held liable for a proportion
ate part of the old Indebtedness of
the former District or Districts at
the time of the making Of said new
District, and shall also, In case there
be a surplus fund on hand at the
time of the formation of said Dis
trict, be entitled TO proportionate
part of said fund, the same to be as
and determined by the
County Court of the County IN which
said new District may be created, as
in the Judgment of said Court may
be considered right and proper.
SEC. A. This Act take effect and
be in force from and after its pass
age.
Approved April s, 1887.
SECTION l. That the Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction shall pre-
pare form OF poll books to be used
by the directors in the various school
districts of this State at their annual
elections as are now, or may hereaf-
ter be provided by law, and have the
same printed as other blanks for
school purposes; and shall transmit
the same to the County Examiner of
each county for distribution to School
Directors in the same manner as 9th
er school blanks are now, or shall
hereafter be distributed.
SEC. 2. BE it further enacted that
each County Examiner shall make
out and present to the County Court
of his county, at It's first term after
the Both of June in each year, an &C
count OF expenditures for postage,
county district records, or a school
district map Of the districts of his
county, and for freight or express
charges for the transmission of
blanks or such other expenditures
as he may have actually and una
voidably incurred, and the County
Court may allow the same in any